On December 23, Beijing time, it was reported that after Li Ke left the team, Xu Xin, the defender recruited by the national football team, had arrived at the team on the evening of the 20th local time, although the warm-up opponent Indian team that had been finalized before was not approved by the Indian national team preparation plan proposed by head coach Stimachi, and could not warm up with the Chinese team as previously agreed. However, the national football team has now contacted the Hong Kong, China team, which is also preparing for the game in the United Arab Emirates, and the two sides are likely to play a warm-up match on the first day of the new year.
Like on the 21st, the national football team continued to arrange "one practice a day" on the 22nd. Since the warm-up match with the regional sports team of the UAE second-tier league club will be held on the afternoon of the 25th local time, the preparation of the Chinese team in the last three days will be strictly in accordance with the pre-game rhythm. Compared with the previous few days, the intensity of the training volume on the 22nd was appropriately reduced, but the proportion of training with technical and tactical content was significantly increased. Head coach Jankovic hopes to warm up the squad for the Asian Cup as soon as possible through the warm-up match.
Due to the overall large amount of training in the first few days, the players showed varying degrees of physical fatigue reactions. After they returned to the resident hotel, most of them fell asleep except for normal meals.
In addition, it is reported that some players of the national football team are more strict with themselves, and they invariably practice in the gym or outdoors in addition to the whole team. For some of the older internationals, this Asian Cup may be their last time in the tournament, and they are very eager to help the team achieve the best possible results and not leave their national team career with more regrets.